TheGrimReaper

Im relatively young but I just miss Vin Scully, Keith Jackson, etc

5 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

I think part of the reason Brazil is hosting the Copa America is also to get actual use out of those stadiums they overpaid for. Not all of them though. 

Are any of them not being used by a club? That'd be a real waste.

4 hours ago, DG_Now said:

Phoenix proper has the Suns, the Diamondbacks and the Cardinals, plus ASU. Plus, absurdly, great golfing.

 

It's been 20 years. Would there ever be a pro team more instantly forgotten than Coyote hockey?

Charlotte Bobcats... and if you wanna go back a ways, the Kansas City Scouts/Colorado Rockies (NHL), Cleveland Barons, San Diego Rockets, and Seattle Pilots.

On 2/4/2017 at 6:47 AM, jmac11281 said:

I'll offer my two dull pennies. The Islanders will find a home close by as some of you have mentioned. Carolina will head up to French Canadian land despite Bettman pleading Karmanos to keep a team he can't afford. The Phoenix/Glendale/Arizona/Tempe Coyotes will move to Houston, where no one cares or to Seattle, where they will play in 150 year old Key Arena.

I've always thought, how come a team can't play at Safeco Field, on a temporary basis? The Lightning played at the Trop for a couple years and made it work. Shouldn't be too hard to maintain an ice plant in a retractable dome.

1 hour ago, Totems!! said:

Yeah just noticed that.  Getting late sorry and signing off

it's all good my friend. i should probably get some sleep soon too haha

go hockey! (keeping things on topic )

I quoted tp49's post about the barracuda and the bay area. 

7 hours ago, tp49 said:

The arena in Sacramento is not built to hold hockey so games there would be like Islander games at Barclay's.  I highly doubt the Barracuda would be coming up here.

Yeah, and I don't think SF will do much better than the Barracuda, even if it's at the Warriors new arena and not the cow palace. 

Also, if that were to happen, the AHL team would have a nicer, newer arena than the NHL team (not that the Tank is bad or anything). How often does that happen?

12 hours ago, Totems!! said:

Yeah I'm in total agreement with you especially with the San Jose situation. I figure they are waiting on one of the new arenas like Astro said and Winnipeg AHL will start to lag at some point so hopefully Thunder Bay can figure out their arena issue as that seems like a perfect fit. I'm still hoping the Canucks come knocking on Seattle's door again and puts the team in the Key since it looks like no new arena here for god knows how long for NHL.

how would that affect the thunderbirds? 

San Diego Chargers

New York Yankees

What username are you going to change to?

Wow, just looked at the price of ECHLtv subscriptions... Are they completely crazy, or what? Why would anyone pay those prices to watch "AA" hockey?

Just get Hockey Streams.

Look, if the NHL's going to keep turning a blind eye to drug abuse, at least limit cocaine to the forwards and restrict defensemen to painkillers only, so I can get some faster skating and more scoring out of this Faustian bargain.

I'd imagine a goaltender would have pretty quick reflexes while on methamphetamine.

Minnesota and Columbus have banners for all the teams in the rafters. I think Winnipeg has them in the lobby. Who are the others?

Nashville and Tampa, and there might be one or two more.

Also, I was at the PNC Arena to see the Jackets win. The odd thing was that there were not flags for all the NHL teams.

there's only like 5 teams that do that.

From what I can tell, nobody in Portland with money wants to own a team.

Apparently Paul Allen has shown minor interest, but minor interest doesn't get a team.

This quote is humorous. A lack of attendance (effect) is a symptom of the main problem, the NHL placing a franchise in a doomed market (cause). No matter how much the 'Hawks, Bruins or Pens suck (three teams this individual poster called out), fans will always come out because hockey is a well-established sport in those areas (not regarding the legacy of the franchises).

I take it that you haven't been a hockey fan for very long... The Blackhawks and Penguins had horrible attendance numbers before the lockout.

I hate Pinstripes in baseball, especially the Yankees.

I love team uniforms that use bright colors (orange, teal, purple, green, etc.)

I hate old logos that have been used forever. (Montreal Canadiens, Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Steelers, etc.)

I love the dark Edmonton Oilers home uni's that were used from about 2000 to 2009.

I hate all red NHL uniforms, besides Calgary and New Jersey. They are WAY OVERUSED!! About 1/3 of the teams use red.